Virtualization
As agencies move towards network centric operations, significant new demands are made on the data center in the number of applications and users that must be supported. The cost and complexity of operating federal data centers are significantly increasing as agencies must not only support mission critical legacy applications, but also plan for and implement new services in a “cloud computing” mindset. On average, agencies only achieve 15-20% utilization of the servers in their Enterprise. In many cases agencies are finding the costs of enhancing and operating their data centers are rising faster than the value they are obtaining in return.
Virtualization provides agencies with the ability to develop a pool of computing resources that may then be deployed logically and on demand. This allows agencies to achieve 80-90% utilization across their infrastructure without impacting existing services and to keep pace with increasing demand without exponentially increasing the computing and data center resources. Instead of requiring one server to run one application or having multiple applications compete for the resources of one server, multiple logical servers can be created on one (or more) physical server. Virtualizing the underlying physical infrastructure and controlling it from a single software based management platform provides for the ability to instantaneously setup, tear down, or modify logical servers and switches. This translates not only into greater control with reduced staffing resource requirements, but also opens the door to new services such as self service, instant delivery, and online provisioning.
Benefits agencies can achieve from virtualization include:
- Reduced costs
- Increased utilization
- Management simplicity
- Consolidation
- Improved performance
Merlin International® is a leader in providing virtualization solutions to civilian, defense, and intelligence agencies. We have an in-depth understanding of government networks and their Enterprise and can design, develop, and implement operation solutions that meet all FISMA and DoD security requirements, improve mission effectiveness, and show a clear return on investment.
Merlin provides our government customers with a one-stop-shop for their entire virtualization solutions. We partner with the best-in-class vendors that have provided federal solutions that are proven and can be relied upon.
Our virtualization solution:
- Automates management tasks to boost IT productivity
- Creates a flexible, self-healing, and resilient infrastructure
- Reduces operating costs
- Streamlines IT management from a single console for:
- Capacity management
- Disaster recovery
- Migration
- Monitoring
- Patching
- Provisioning
- Protects existing investments
- Provides the ability to manage both physical and virtual systems in a seamless environment
- Optimizes storage operations
- Enhances data integrity and data mobility
EXAMPLES: Merlin Provides Virtualization Solutions to Clients